Having problems getting virtualization to work

I am trying to setup a system that replicates my system at work. Linux development environment with Windows 7 running in a VM.

Bought all new parts, built computer, installed Ubuntu. Most everything went smoothly. Unfortunately my wireless adapter isn't yet supported so I have a wired connection for now. I will work the wireless issue later.

Started with VMware. Downloaded VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle

Followed the instructions at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Player

ran gksudo bash VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle and everything installed.
Ran Vm player and created the first VM for, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I am not sure that is the one I am going to settle with but I thought it would be a good first try.

I used defaults to configure the VM.

Then I tried to Play the VM and got the dreaded:
Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

Started troubleshooting this. Which led me to this page
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/99388/could-not-open-dev-vmmon-no-such-file-or-directory

which had this:
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

which I ran, which produced:

Stopping VMware services:
   VMware Authentication Daemon done
   VM communication interface socket family done
   Virtual machine communication interface done
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Blocking file system done
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-22-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-22-generic'
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1283:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
 LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max - TSC min
 ^
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/task.o
/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1981:1: warning: the frame size of 1168 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
 }
 ^
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
  LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
  LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-22-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-22-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-22-generic'
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/userif.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/netif.o
In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
include/linux/pci_ids.h:2252:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
 ^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD
 ^
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/bridge.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/procfs.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/smac.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD
 ^
In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/bridge.c:51:
include/linux/pci_ids.h:2252:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
 ^
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
  LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-22-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-9bvFMI/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor failed
   Virtual machine communication interface done
   VM communication interface socket family done
   Blocking file system done
   Virtual ethernet failed
   VMware Authentication Daemon done

I have spend a few days, un-installing, re-installing, reformatting hard disk ans starting the system build again, LOTS of google searches, I keep comming back to this basic error.
Ripped everything out, restarted and this time followed

http://tutorialforlinux.com/2016/02/15/how-to-install-vmware-workstation-player-12-on-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-64bit-linux-visual-guide/

So then I went down the route of VirtualBox. Followed the instructions as best I could, got a VM setup and the tried to start it.

Got this error
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please install virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing

'modprobe vboxdrv'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

So I did a sudo modprobe vboxdrv

and got this:
joe@joe-desktop:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
[sudo] password for joe:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Required key not available

I am stuck.